Zhu Youzhen gave a speech in the carriage for more than half an hour, until the faces of the onlookers became relaxed, he ended his speech and entered Jizhou City under the escort of Mao Yuanyi and others.

For Mao Yuanyi to place the headquarters of the wartime base camp in the Dule Temple, Chongzhen had no opinion, and after admiring the famous huge wooden statue of Guanyin in the Guanyin Pavilion, Zhu Youzhen went to the side hall of the West Courtyard with everyone.

At the gate of the side hall, Chongzhen suddenly stopped, turned to the people behind him and said, "I want to understand the situation with the members of the wartime base camp, Cui Benbing, and Jiang Shangshu first, and the others will wait outside for a while, and then call you in when we are done talking." ”

The gentry and local officials of Jizhou could only stand outside the hall with a resigned expression, looking at Mao Yuanyi and the others with envy and following the emperor directly into the palace. After entering the West Side Palace, Chongzhen's face suddenly sank, and he turned to a cadre of officials behind him and said, "I am very disappointed with the performance of the monarchs, it has been 7 days since the wartime base camp arrived in Jizhou.

In Western mythology, seven days can already create a world. But you don't seem to have done anything but a thin line of civil defense.

The people of Jizhou and Zunhua fled in droves to the rear, with no one to help them or to tell them where it was safe. Wherever these people run, they bring their panic wherever they go. The people of Sanhe and Shunyi were even shocked three times a day, thinking that the Tartars had arrived outside Jizhou.

Although camps were set up outside Jizhou to accommodate refugees fleeing from Zunhua and other places, no one organized these refugees and left them idle in the camps. ”

Mao Yuanyi whispered: "We still recruited some young refugees to build fortifications outside the city. ”

Zhu Youzhen immediately turned his gaze to him, and said coldly: "Some young people? What I want is to mobilize all the people inside and outside Jizhou City. The old man should go out into the streets to inspire the courage of the people, the women should mend the uniforms and take care of the young children for the sergeants, the workers should mend the equipment for the army, the literate should paint the slogans in the streets and alleys, and I want everyone to contribute to the war, not some people working hard while others are spectators.

The war between us and Houjin is not a simple struggle between the army and the army, but a life-and-death struggle between the state and the nation against the nation. No one can stay out of this fight.

If we let the people be bystanders, how can the military have the courage to defend a group of strange spectators? We must let the army know that the reason why they have to endure sacrifices and fight to the death against the enemy is to defend the ordinary people who live with them.

We also want the people to know that the soldiers shed their blood and sacrificed not for a little reward and official position, but to protect them and their families so that they can live happily and in peace.

I hope that you will remember that we are now fighting the enemy army on the territory of the Ming Dynasty. If the army does not get the support of the Ming people in its own territory, then even if it is lucky to win one or two victories, it will still be a defeat for the country.

The territory of the Ming Dynasty is so big, if the army is needed everywhere to defend, then how huge an army does the Ming need to support? Can we afford it? ”

Chongzhen's words were like a thunderbolt as soon as he entered the door, and Mao Yuanyi and Zuo Liangyu were immediately knocked unconscious. And Cui Chengxiu and Jiang Dejing were also silent at this time, thinking about the intention of the emperor's words in their hearts.

However, no matter what, Chongzhen's opening remarks have firmly controlled the scene, so that everyone no longer dares to regard the Ming Emperor as a teenager. Mao Yuanyi and Zuo Liangyu immediately led several subordinate officials of the wartime base camp to make a review to the emperor, saying that they would immediately arrange personnel to be responsible for organizing the people to do things.

Zhu Youzhen nodded at this and said: "If there is nothing to do, even if they are allowed to sweep the streets, they can't let people be idle." Only by giving these refugees something to do will they not be cranky and feel that the court will abandon them at any time.

I hope that the soldiers and civilians inside and outside Jizhou City will not have an idler before the Houjin exit the Great Wall.

In addition, for those who want to retreat to the rear, it is necessary to set up a special organization to manage them, and do not let them move freely.

First, it can ensure the safety of these refugees on the road; Second, once the Houjin army is driven out of the Great Wall, we can also move these people back to their homeland as soon as possible, so as to minimize the problems left over from the war. ”

Mao Yuanyi looked back at the subordinate officials beside him, and directly named him: "Wang Zhuo, this matter will be handed over to you to preside, is there a problem?" ”

"There is no problem, please rest assured that Your Majesty and Your Excellency will go to discuss this matter with the county magistrate in a while."

Zhu Youzhen nodded at the staff officer of the base camp, and then said, "Don't wait, you can handle this matter now." Set up a wartime mass resettlement office under the wartime base camp, and you, as the director of the office, let the county magistrate concurrently serve as the deputy director.

All affairs concerning the people of the Jizhou region during the war were managed by this office. If there is any problem, you will report it directly to the base camp.

Company commander, you select two reserve non-commissioned officers and a small team of brocade guards for him to assist Wang Zhuo in handling these affairs. ”

Even Shanxiang and Wang Zhuo responded, and then withdrew from the side hall together. Only then did Zhu Youzhen pick up the tea on the coffee table on the side and moisten his throat, and then said: "Next, which of you will tell me what the current battle situation is, and where is the main force of Houjin?" Is Zunhua still in our hands? ”

As Chongzhen's words came out, the officials standing in the hall finally felt relieved. Just now, the emperor came violently, which really frightened them.

In the Wuying Hall in the capital, there is always a large table when the General Staff is in session, on which is placed a sand table made of beeswax sawdust.

Mao Yuanyi has been accustomed to having such a sand table in front of him for reference at any time during a meeting, so in the west side hall of this Dule Temple, he also created a huge long table that can sit around 4 or 50 people.

In the center of the table, the topographic sand table of the Jizhou area and the area north of Jizhou is placed. Except for the depths of Yanshan, the rest of the place is shaped to scale. At a glance, people can fully understand the terrain of Jibei and Jidong.

After Chongzhen and everyone sat down, Mao Yuanyi pointed to this sand table and explained the current situation. He spoke for half an hour.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the sand table and thought for a quarter of an hour before digesting the information Mao Yuanyi said. But what he knows is the army and material arrangements on his side, but he doesn't have much information about Houjin.

After waking up from his thoughts, Zhu Youzhen said with a little frown: "If I didn't understand it wrongly, you haven't gotten any definite news about whether Zunhua has fallen until today, right?" ”

Mao Yuanyi's face suddenly changed a little, but he still tried his best to defend himself: "After the golden spirit rode out in all directions, and occupied the key points of Shimen Village, it is really difficult for our army scouts to cross the stone gate to explore Zunhua.

The passage north of Fengrun to Zunhua was destroyed because of the destruction of the bridge over the Li River, and now both sides can only use the river as the boundary for inspection.

As for the road from Qian'an to Santunying, Houjin sent troops to Qian'an on the 4th, but was repelled by the Manchu General Army Headquarters who had arrived in Qian'an, and the two sides are now facing off near Qian'an, so this scout is even more unbearable.

However, last night, the night no collection troops had arrived in Jizhou City, and the minister planned to send a general banner of the night to find an opportunity to cross the river from the north of Fengrun to inquire about the news of Zunhua. If all goes well, there should be news in 5 or 6 days. ”

Zhu Youzhen subconsciously frowned and asked, "5 or 6 days?" Now every day that passes, Zunhua is likely to fall into the hands of Houjin, where there are still 5 or 6 days to waste.

You say that the Houjin soldiers stationed in Shimen Village are all Mongols? Is this news accurate? How many troops are there in this stockade? From which tribes? Who is the commander of the army? ”

Mao Yuanyi immediately replied: "We have sent scouts many times before to try to pass through Shimen Village and sentry into Zunhua City, but they were all intercepted by slave soldiers. The scouts reported that they had encountered Mongol Tartars, and occasionally Mongol Tartars with shaved hair, but had never encountered real Tartars.

Several officers and soldiers who fled back from Ma Lanyu also said that after the Jurchen Tatars captured Shimenzhai on October 28, they only rested for a day, and then the brigade turned around and headed in the direction of Zunhua, leaving only a thousand Mongol Tatars to stay.

These Mongol Tatars seem to have come from many tribes, including the centaurs of the Five Divisions of the Nekhalkha. Some of them heard that these Mongol soldiers belonged to the Later Jin Mongol Left Battalion and belonged to the commander of Gushan Ezhen Engdeer. ”

"Engdel? Who is this? Zhu Youzhen immediately asked.

"Engdel, according to our verification, should be the Mongolian Khalkha Bayott Minister, which is one of the five Inner Khalkha tribes, and the grazing land is in the Xilamulun region.

He once united with other Mongolian tribal leaders to give the old slave the honorific title of Emperor Shenwu, so he was appreciated by the old slave and gave Shuerhaqi a wife and called her forehead. Now it is subordinate to the Yellow Banner of Manchuria, and it is even trusted by Jiannu.

No other information about this person has been collected for the time being. ”

Zhu Youzhen only thought for a while, then made up his mind and said: "Since this is the case, we will conduct a fire reconnaissance." ”

"Fire reconnaissance?" Mao Yuanyi, Zuo Liangyu and other military attachés all asked with some uneasiness.

Zhu Youzhen stretched out his finger and pointed to Zunhua City and said: "If Houjin is still attacking Zunhua City, then these Mongolian Tatars will defend Shimen Village to prevent our army from advancing east to aid Zunhua."

If Houjin has already defeated or is about to defeat Zunhua, they will inevitably abandon Shimen Village, induce us to continue deeper, and then eat our reinforcements near Zunhua City..."